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Paint removal techniques: what is the best and/or easiest?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ranchero50" data-source="post: 327576" data-attributes="member: 1523"><p>Cordless drill motors and wire brushes suck.</p><p></p><p>I'd flip the hull over so you aren't working against gravity. Park the boat in the shade in your yard (OD green blends in with the grass and the watered down stripper hasn't killed any plants yet). Apply Aircraft stripper with chip brushes and cover with saran wrap so it'll work on the paint vs. evaporate. Have a five gallon bucket of clean water sitting next to you so you can dunk your burning appendages in and wear safety glasses at the very least. Let the stripper work while you progress down the boat. Once your painting wrist gets tired uncover the wrap and wash the hull off with water. Use a big stainless bristle brush to help remove the funkies. NOTE, do you scrub inline with your body or you will need to use the bucket more often. Rinse and repeat. It's pretty simple to do a single layer down to bare in a couple evenings.</p><p></p><p>Pressure wash the hull once done to get all the stripper out of the seams and crevices. New paint doesn't like old stripper so spend some quality time here.</p><p></p><p>Harbor Freight sells a box 1 1/2" chip brushed for under $20.</p><p></p><p>A 3/8" drill with a 4-6" buffer wheel and some compund will polish a hull up pretty nicely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranchero50, post: 327576, member: 1523"] Cordless drill motors and wire brushes suck. I'd flip the hull over so you aren't working against gravity. Park the boat in the shade in your yard (OD green blends in with the grass and the watered down stripper hasn't killed any plants yet). Apply Aircraft stripper with chip brushes and cover with saran wrap so it'll work on the paint vs. evaporate. Have a five gallon bucket of clean water sitting next to you so you can dunk your burning appendages in and wear safety glasses at the very least. Let the stripper work while you progress down the boat. Once your painting wrist gets tired uncover the wrap and wash the hull off with water. Use a big stainless bristle brush to help remove the funkies. NOTE, do you scrub inline with your body or you will need to use the bucket more often. Rinse and repeat. It's pretty simple to do a single layer down to bare in a couple evenings. Pressure wash the hull once done to get all the stripper out of the seams and crevices. New paint doesn't like old stripper so spend some quality time here. Harbor Freight sells a box 1 1/2" chip brushed for under $20. A 3/8" drill with a 4-6" buffer wheel and some compund will polish a hull up pretty nicely. [/QUOTE]
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